This is a one sided 12" Victor. I received an answer to this query as recorded on November 25th, of 1908. One of the strange things about this record, is that after the music ends about 1/4 of the remaining grooves on this record are completely soundless !! I can't ever recall seeing another record like this. Why would they record a disc in this manner?Is this some sort of fluke or mistake in the recording process ?
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Bryan (DSHS/DDD)" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>, "78-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:23:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Dating Tita Ruffo Opera Record If someone has the Victor Red Seal Discography Volume 1 they could look it up. I looked in the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, and I find nothing about your recording there. I did see that Ruffo recorded 3 takes of Toreador Song in 1923, but those matrices appear to have been destroyed and never released. The Encyclopedic Discography is current for domestic matrices through March 31st, 1924. If this was a Gramophone recording - maybe it has not been entered yet. At any rate - if none of Ruffo's first three Victor takes of Toreador were released, and considering that the red seals went double sided in 1925 or so - maybe this recording was in between 1923 and 1925. I did find this very record on Youtube - but no helpful info there. Lovely recording though. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 1:28 PM To: 78-L Cc: Phono-L Subject: [Phono-L] Dating Tita Ruffo Opera Record This one has me puzzled as far an original Recording date is concerned. Carmen - Cancion del Toreador by Titta Ruffo a Coro Della Scala Victor one sided Red Seal 92065 (2736f) A European Recording no doubt with the crown in the top Runout at 12 O'clock. Thanks in advance for your help on this. Bruce _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
